Chapter Seventy-Five: Sugar
Sun Tianhao has been quite depressed these days, and it has been more than a month since he came to Qiongzhou, and there has been no progress in his work at all. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info business has always relied on Gao Pengju and Huang Yuansheng, and the intelligence has not been effective due to Zhong Kai's blending. Sun Tianhao is now drinking with Zhang Hai and Wei Yang every day, sighing for a long time. After Xu Lang left, Zhao Zhiruo moved to the outer courtyard, basically the gate was not out, the second door was not stepped, and even the meal was eaten with a few maids, and sometimes Sun Tianhao wanted to chat with her and ate behind closed doors.
Zhong Kai didn't drink, and went back to his room after dinner. Sun Tianhao picked up the wine glass and sighed: "Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water will flow more, and raise a glass to eliminate sorrow and sorrow." I can't even drink anymore. β
"Brother Sun, don't worry." Wei Yang persuaded, "Aren't our brothers still with you?" β
"It's you." Sun Tianhao smiled bitterly, "I've seen enough of your 2 bitter gourd faces, how can someone Miss Zhao look good." β
"Don't think about it." Zhang Hai said, "That's not your dish, it's Xu Lang who is optimistic." β
"Alas, bitter." Sun Tianhao slapped the table, "I, Zhao Dun, worry about the country day and night, I can hear the sound of the bang at three o'clock, and I kneel in the dust and pray for the sky, I hope that my lord's temperament will changeγγγγγγ β
"Hey, Brother Sun, you can still sing Peking Opera." Wei Yang was quite surprised that Sun Tianhao showed this hand.
"It's just that the singing is not good, it's worse than crying." Zhang Hai quipped.
"Get down to business." Sun Tianhao stopped his joke, "I am optimistic about a project and want to build a factory in Qiongzhou." β
"What project?" Zhang Hai and Wei Yang asked in unison.
"Sugar."
"Sugar?"
China's sugar industry has a long history, and in the Ming Dynasty, Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creations" recorded in detail the production method of sucrose. In addition, China's white sugar began to be exported in large quantities during the Ming Dynasty, and the merchant ships of the British East India Company purchased 13,028 quintals of white sugar and 500 quintals of rock sugar in Guangzhou in the tenth year of Chongzhen. Hainan is also a sugarcane producing area, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hainan farmers had mastered the technology of sugarcane sugar extraction. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the area of cultivated land increased, and the cultivation of sugarcane was widespread. In the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Dayuan's book "Daoyi Zhiluo" has a record of "cane syrup as wine". Later, as the number of Fujian people immigrated to Hainan increased, the area of sugarcane cultivation in Hainan also continued to expand. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the government organized soldiers to reclaim the land and plant sugarcane, which had become one of the main crops in Hainan by the early 17th century.
After listening to Sun Tianhao's introduction, Zhang Hai asked hesitantly: "This project is good, but we don't have any money, now Yulin Bay wants cannons and no butter, not to mention sugar." β
"I've thought about this question for a long time." Sun Tianhao said with confidence, "It's really not possible to find Huang Yuansheng and Gao Pengju, you can find Lu Xing and them, let's get together together, how can it be enough." β
"Looking for Lu Xing?" Wei Yang pouted towards Zhong Kai's room, "Can that one agree?" β
"So I have to go back to Yulin Bay." Sun Tianhao said, "We can't continue to be so internally exhausted, just 4 people, and 2 gangs, what's the point." Zhong Kai's task is to buy horses, and the horses in the entire Qiongzhou capital city can't form a cavalry company, so if you really want to buy horses, you have to go to Liaodong and Yunnan. I'm afraid I have other plans for him. β
"Something else? Do you think Zhong Kai has other plans? Wei Yang didn't understand Sun Tianhao's words.
"Xiao Wei." Sun Tianhao took a bite of the dish and chewed it in his mouth, and said vaguely, "We have been together for more than a month, and I won't hide some things from you, we have different ideas within the group." Of course, this is normal, a thousand people have a thousand ideas. But some people don't express their thoughts publicly, but like to do small things, which is very offensive. That's all I can say, you think about it slowly. β
Zhang Hai diverted the topic: "Is it appropriate for you to go to Huang Yuansheng now, you haven't figured out the matter of rouge yet." β
"It's okay." Sun Tianhao replied, "Let's have a showdown with him directly, find out the matter of rouge, and ask him what he means." I've been thinking about this for a month, and I don't think Huang Yuansheng has anything else to say, I'm afraid I'm just worried that we have something new for Gao Pengju or someone else. Don't forget, the mirror we promised has not been fulfilled until now. Also, if we really want to engage in white sugar, we must monopolize the production of white sugar in Qiongzhou, and use price and quality, just like refined salt. This must be done through Huang Yuansheng to open up the relationship between Wu Tingyun, the prefect of Qiongzhou. And I think that in addition to the mainland, it is best to export our sugar, which also requires the help of Huang Yuansheng, who has been to Macau. So without him, we wouldn't be able to do this. β
Sun Tianhao, Zhang Hai and Huang Yuansheng sat in the restaurant.
"Boss Huang, you're not too righteous." Before the dish was served, Sun Tianhao came to such a sentence.
"Brother Sun, what do you mean by that?" Huang Yuansheng was confused by Sun Tianhao's words.
"Boss Huang, how does my Yulin Bay treat you Boss Huang?"
"Naturally, I am kind to Huang." Huang Yuansheng was even more confused.
"In that case." Sun Tianhao smiled slightly, "Then what does Boss Huang mean by carefully placing the rouge girl, can't you still trust me Yulin Bay?" β
"Never that way, never that way." Huang Yuansheng was ruthless, since everyone knew about it, there was nothing to hide, "Huang's move is indeed a bit abrupt, but I also have my difficulties." You promised to give me the monopoly rights of glass and mirrors, but now that you have come to Qiongzhou Mansion in person, Huang really made this decision because he was a little worried. β
Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai glanced at each other, it seemed that the guess was good, this Huang Yuansheng really had no other ideas.
"Boss Huang doesn't have to worry, since we promised Boss Huang, then we will definitely not regret it." Sun Tianhao comforted, "Now I have a big project in Yulin Bay, and if it is done well, it will be a daily progress, I don't know if Boss Huang is interested." β
"Huang would like to hear about it."
After listening to Sun Tianhao's idea of the sugar industry, Huang Yuansheng fell into deep thought. Sugar is a very profitable thing, but the more profitable the industry, the more people are staring at. This thing is not like glass, now only Yulin Bay can produce it, and there are more than a dozen sugar workshops in Qiongzhou, so this Yulin Bay wants to eat them.
"Brother Huang." Sun Tianhao saw Huang Yuansheng's doubts, "We don't want to buy the original workshop, but build a new one, everyone competes fairly, as long as our price is fair, Tong Suo is not bullied, this silver is not endless." β
"But I wonder how much investment this sugar mill will need?" Huang Yuansheng is still very concerned about money.
"Ten thousand taels of silver."
"Ten thousand taels?" Huang Yuansheng almost didn't sit on the ground. Huang Yuansheng knows that a small sugar workshop has an investment of a few hundred taels of silver at most, and the larger ones are only one or two thousand taels, and this Sun Tianhao opened his mouth to be ten thousand taels, what a big scale this is.
"Brother Sun, isn't this a lot of silver?"
"Brother Huang, only by going to scale can we spread costs and generate benefits." Sun Tianhao decided to give Huang Yuansheng a modern business administration class, fooling people is Sun Tianhao's forte, "Let's put it this way, although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs." No matter how small a workshop is, from feeding to production, to sales, all the procedures are the same. So there's no difference in management, and now we're getting bigger, and there's a lot of money that can be saved. Also, Brother Huang doesn't always think about the markets in Qiongzhou and Guangzhou, and look farther, Francois is also very interested in sugar. β
Huang Yuansheng gritted his teeth, was ruthless, and invested 2,000 taels, even if it was a loss, it was a big deal to smash the mirror that Sun Tianhao gave him.
After getting Huang Yuansheng, Sun Tianhao went to contact Gao Pengju and Lu Xing, Lin Chao, and He Wenhuan. Gao Pengju also contributed 2,000 taels, and the remaining three people jointly contributed 1,000 taels, and the task of the remaining 5,000 taels fell on Sun Tianhao. Sun Tianhao had to go back to Yulin Bay. Before returning to Yulin Bay, Sun Tianhao visited Wu Tingyun, the prefect of Qiongzhou, through Huang Yuansheng.
After Cheng Yiyi resigned as the head of the finance team, Sun Dalei took up this position. No one cared why there was only one nominee candidate Sun Dalei when the vote was made, anyway, this job was very annoying, and he really couldn't do it without some professional knowledge, so Sun Dalei, who also graduated from the accounting major, took over smoothly. What Sun Tianhao didn't expect was that Sun Dalei raised his hands in favor of his proposal.
"Tianhao, we have a big financial gap now." Sun Dalei received Sun Tianhao in his office, "So the committee instructed me to do my best to meet your request, hoping that you can open a new market in Qiongzhou." β
"Thank you for the support of the committee, and thank you for the support of Team Leader Sun." Sun Tianhao felt that Sun Dalei was still quite humane sometimes, "I have already reported the plan to the committee, and the relationship on the Qiongzhou side has been straightened out, so now we can start waiting for the funds to be in place." β
"The funds are no problem, they can be available at any time." Sun Dalei poured Sun Tianhao a glass of water, "But, Zhong Kai, what are you going to do?" β
Sun Tianhao began to have a headache again: "I told the committee about this, and the committee did not agree to transfer Zhong Kai back, saying that Zhong Kai had Zhong Kai's task, and asked me not to look at people with colored glasses, I have a headache when I think about it now." β
"You can go find Dr. Ouyang." Sun Dalei said unhurriedly.
"Doctor Ouyang? What are you looking for him? β
"Dr. Ouyang's hospital is now engaged in drug development, Zhong Kai is not this specialty, the professional counterpart."
"That's right." Sun Tianhao seemed to see the dawn of dawn, "I'll go find him." β
"Don't worry, just rest when you come back, you'll work hard enough." A smile appeared on Sun Dalei's face.